Bradshaw v. State

Pope, Judge.

Billy Ray Bradshaw was convicted of motor vehicle theft, arson in the second degree and burglary. He was sentenced as a recidivist and brings this appeal following the denial of his motion for new trial. Held:

1. The record shows that appellant and several members of his family were the subjects of a warrantless “mass arrest” conducted by the Laurens County Sheriffs Department. Appellant moved the trial court to suppress “. . . all evidence obtained from [him] or from parties arrested with [him] . . . due to [their] illegal arrests and . . . [their] being detained on illegal…